Global Patent Index - EP 3372024 B1

EP 3372024 B1 20200909 - POSITIONING IN WLAN SYSTEMS

Title (en)

POSITIONING IN WLAN SYSTEMS

Title (de)

POSITIONIERUNG IN WLAN-SYSTEMEN

Title (fr)

POSITIONNEMENT DANS DES SYSTÈMES WLAN

Publication

EP 3372024 B1 20200909 (EN)

Application

EP 16862556 A 20161013

Priority

  • US 201562252091 P 20151106
  • SE 2016050986 W 20161013

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2017078591A1] A method for enabling angle-based positioning of a wireless device in a Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN, system (1) comprises the steps of extracting (S30) directional information from beamforming information comprised in channel sounding feedback obtained from a wireless device (20) and estimating (S40) an angular direction to said wireless device (20) based on said extracted directional information.

IPC 8 full level

G01S 1/44 (2006.01); G01S 5/12 (2006.01); G01S 13/74 (2006.01); G01S 13/87 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G01S 1/44 (2013.01 - EP US); G01S 5/12 (2013.01 - EP US); G01S 13/74 (2013.01 - EP US); G01S 13/876 (2013.01 - EP US); H04B 7/06 (2013.01 - EP US); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01 - EP US); H04B 7/0619 (2013.01 - EP US); H04W 64/006 (2013.01 - EP US); H04W 84/12 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2017078591 A1 20170511; EP 3372024 A1 20180912; EP 3372024 A4 20181121; EP 3372024 B1 20200909; US 10314003 B2 20190604; US 2018295601 A1 20181011

DOCDB simple family (application)

SE 2016050986 W 20161013; EP 16862556 A 20161013; US 201615765392 A 20161013